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US Centric celebration?

Is it just me, or should this article not be 100% about US interpretation of the party?

If you center it on the Mexican side, then there would really be no Cinco de Mayo as ''Link title''awk|Lord Hawk]] 20:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Why Cinco Mayo

Out of all the holidays Mexico celebrates, why did lolololololollolololololollololololoololoooololololollololololllolololololollolololololololoolololooooooo-Americans choose Cinco de Mayo to be their holiday in the US? There are many holidays Mexicans from Mexico regard more important. 205.174.22.28 01:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Becaue it easier to say "Cinco de Mayo Sale" than "Dieciseis de Septiembre Sale" or "Veinticuatro de Febrero Sale" 189.157.152.137 17:10, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just for the record, it is really the Americans that celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Lord Hawk 20:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably one of the main reasons why May 5th is preferred to Sep 16th in the U.S. is that schools have had a big influence, and September 16th and is nick jonas's bday! is too early in the U.S. school calendar... AnonMoos (talk) 21:33, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not so much a Mexican celebration

Just to clarify some ideas that people might have about this date, in Mexico this celebration is not as important as they make it seem in the United States. It is of more importance to people of Mexican heritage living in the United States than to Mexicans living in Mexico.

The most important date to a Mexican in the patriotic sense is the 16th of September. Few occasions make a Mexican feel more patriotic than this, others being when the Mexican Soccer Team wins a game in a World Cup :D.

This is a very good point and should probably be in the article itself. You'll find parties on cinco de mayo are more concentrated in tourist towns than any other in Mexico. - 67.172.124.99 14:21, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, the Spanish page suggests that it's barely celebrated at all except in Puebla itself. seglea 20:35, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

May 5th Impact at Mexico

Actually I disagree, it is of great relevance to me as a Mexican and my family and friends do celebrate it. At any rate both your point of view and mine are more personal level comments so I feel there's no need to include any such "importance in Mexico" in the article. After all, not only Americans and Mexicans cherish it, but also people from Guatemala, Peru etc. Oleksandr 05:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Any Mexican people I know are baffled about the US celebrations for Cinco de Mayo. They tell me they never celebrated it. Independence Day in September is their largest national holiday. every year here in Los Angeles during the 20's. Magi Media 02:51, 11 June 2006 (UTC)Magi Media.[reply]

Oops, I forgot to put my signature there before (now I have). "Any Mexican people I..." is ="autosigned">—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.156.11.134 (talk) 20:22, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I could be wrong but...

Well, in Spanish you generally say the date in the cardinal "cinco de mayo," while the standard translation would be to the equivalent English phrase "fifth of may" (the date in English could).

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